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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “as much as is enough”.
Prepositional phrase
quanto basta
- to taste
- sale quanto basta ― salt to taste
- (figurative, by extension) sufficiently, enough, as needed
2012, John Green, translated by Giorgia Grilli, Colpa delle Stelle [The Fault in our Stars], Mondadori, page 113:Era Lidewij. L'eyeliner che colava lungo le guance, sconvolta quanto basta, ci inseguiva lungo il marciapiede.- It was Lidewij, her eyeliner running down her cheeks, duly horrified, chasing us up the sidewalk.
- (literally, “It was Lidewij. Eyeliner running down her cheeks, sufficiently distraught, she chased us up the sidewalk.”)